appeler

\a.pə.le\

/\a.pə.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“appeler” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,467
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigner quelqu’un par son nom ; pourvoir quelqu’un d’un nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appeler · appeler · French

appeler · rank #1,467 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,467
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aimé

Nearest frequency peer: aimé (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “appeler”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “appeler” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

appeler vs apple
71% similar
appeler vs appels
71% similar
appeler vs appelle
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for appeler
PropertyValue
Headwordappeler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pə.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,467
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “appeler” sits in French frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).appeler lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around appeler (IPA \a.pə.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,467 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 23 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for appeler, with forms such as "apeler", "apepler", and "appeelr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "apple", "appels", "appelle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is appeler, spelled A-P-P-E-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désigner quelqu’un par son nom ; pourvoir quelqu’un d’un nom.
  2. 2
    Désigner une personne ou une chose par une qualité bonne ou mauvaise.
  3. 3
    Désigner par leur nom ceux qui doivent se trouver présents en un endroit.
  4. 4
    Lire tout haut le nom des parties, afin que leurs avocats viennent plaider pour elles.
  5. 5
    Faire venir en se servant de la voix ; héler.
  6. 6
    ou (réciproque) Contacter quelqu'un par téléphone.
  7. 7
    Pousser son cri pour faire venir à eux ceux de leur espèce, pour les animaux.
  8. 8
    Inviter à venir.
  9. 9
    Citer devant le juge.
  10. 10
    Envoyer, défier.
  11. 11
    Avertir de se trouver en quelque lieu par un signal.
  12. 12
    Avertir, exciter, obliger à se trouver en quelque endroit, pour quelque chose que ce puisse être.
  13. 13
    Rendre nécessaire.
  14. 14
    Faire ressentir sa volonté aux hommes, en parlant de Dieu.
  15. 15
    Désigner une personne, pour une fonction ou une action importante.
  16. 16
    Désigner pour prendre une décision.
  17. 17
    Être conduit par ses qualités, ses talents et les circonstances qui déterminent la vocation, le sort, la condition.
  18. 18
    Recourir à un tribunal supérieur pour faire réformer le jugement, la sentence d’un tribunal inférieur.
  19. 19
    Ne pas se soumettre à une décision, ne pas l’adopter.
  20. 20
    Invoquer ; se référer.
  21. 21
    Revenir d’une grande maladie.
  22. 22
    Porter le nom de.
  23. 23
    Annoncer à voix haute les caractéristiques de l’arbre marqué ; faire un appel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how appeler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] ; trois mois auparavant, c’est-à-dire à l’époque où sa mère vivait encore, on l’avait appelé le prince de Béarn ; on l’appelait maintenant le roi de Navarre, en attendant qu’on l’appelât Henri IV.
  2. Le sucre de raisin que l’on appelle aussi glucose, se rencontre dans les fruits sucrés qui présentent en même temps une saveur acide, comme les raisins, les groseilles, etc.

This word in other languages

call(English)nombrar(Español)nennen(Deutsch)ligar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apeler
  • apepler
  • appeelr
  • appelerr
  • appelre
  • appleer
  • papeler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appeler - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apeler1apepler2appeelr2appelerr1appelre2appleer2papeler2
Edit distance from "appeler"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "appeler"?
"appeler" is spelled A-P-P-E-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pə.le\.
What does "appeler" mean?
As a verb, "appeler" means: Désigner quelqu’un par son nom ; pourvoir quelqu’un d’un nom.
What words are commonly confused with "appeler"?
"appeler" is commonly confused with "apple", "appels", "appelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appeler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appeler" is \a.pə.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appeler" come from?
"appeler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "appeler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

attends#1,468cuisine#1,474maisons#1,483partage#1,450

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mourir7 variantslance7 variantssitué7 variantsbelles7 variants

What to do next

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  • "appeler" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "apple". View pair
  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #1,467 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list